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Crete Could Be the World’s Richest Tourism Eden – Here’s Why It’s Not 

2022-08-12 by Phil Butler

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Globick says destinations are leaving revenue “on the table” for not cross-seeling experiences. Crete is another prime example.

Tags: alternative tourism, crete, Crete experiences, Crete hotels, Crete officials, Crete resorts, Europe tourism, Globick, Greece, Greece tourism, Greece travel, inbound revenue, Island tourism, marketing, nature tourism, Peter Sommer, sports tourism, tour guides, tourism, wellness tourism, Xavier Boixeda

Another Thing: A Local Masterpiece – A Nike by Skopas at Tegea

2021-01-29 by Argophilia Travel News

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It’s time for a new apprciation of art and culture and the Nike by Skopas at Tegea, via Peter Sommer Travels.

Tags: Ancient Greece, exploring Greece, Exploring the Peloponnese, Greece tours, Greek sculpture, Greek temples, Nike of Tegea, Peter Sommers tours, Peter Sommers Travels, Skopas, Tegea ruins, Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea in Arcadia, temple tours, tour guides, tours of antiquity, Travel to Greece, treasures of Greece, treasures of Samos

Greece Regulates Qualifications for Tour Leader Professionals

2020-11-23 by Argophilia Travel News

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Greece’s Tourism Ministry has laid out the specific terms and requirements in order to regulate the tour leader and tour guide professions.

Tags: Greece experts, Greece tourism, Greece tourism ministry, Greece tours, tour guide regulations, tour guides, tour leader regulations, tour leaders, tours

Heraklion Hosts 20th FEG European Tourist Guide Meeting and AGM

2018-11-19 by Argophilia Travel News

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Opening tomorrow in Heraklion, Crete, the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (FEG) presents the 20th European Tourist Guides Meeting and Delegates Annual General Meeting (AGM) to run from 20-25 November 2018.

Tags: Crete hospitality, Crete tour guides, Crete tours, Europe tours, European Tourist Guides, FEG, Greece tours, Heraklion event, Heraklion events, Heraklion meetings, tour guides, tours

TUI Profits Down – But Europe’s Biggest Tour Company’s Spirit is UP

2013-05-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Europe’s leading tour operation, TUI Travel, has just announced their first half of 2013 sales figures. According to TUI losses of some £346 million were actually less than some expected. The company pointed to strong markets in the UK and in Scandinavian countries as having relieved a unprofitable Winter.

Tags: online travel, Peter Long, profit and loss, tour guides, travel companies, travel profits, TUI, TUI profits

Smart Travel with Smart Destinations

2011-11-06 by Phil Butler

Price Lake and Grandfather Mountain.

Argo Travel News decided to make every Sunday into a new series, “Service Sunday” in honor of all those great travel services out there worth checking out. Today, we spotlight Smart Destinations, one of the world’s top sightseeing portals online.

Tags: Asheville, bargain tickets, Biltmore, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cecilia Dahl, Explore Asheville, Go Blue Ridge Card, Kevin McLaughlin, New Spring Capital, ticket packages, tour companies, tour guides, tour tickets, tours, travel destinations, travel sites

Thomas Cook Celebrates 170th Anniversary

2011-07-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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If you’ve ever wondered how travel companies like Thomas Cook got so prominent, last weeks 170th anniversary of their founders holidays should be a clue. Thomas Cook’s first hosted tour, a train ride with 500 demonstrators back in 1841, launched maybe the world’s most respected holiday travel company.

Tags: digital travel, history of travel, online travel, thomas cook, Thomas Cook vacations, tour guides, tours, travel agencies, travel companies, travel guides, UK travel, vacation getaways, vacations

Argo Travel Tech: iGottaGuide

2011-05-27 by Phil Butler

iGottaGuide beta

A new startup called iGottaGuide promises to show travelers a simpler and better way to book great tour experiences. On further study, it appears the development has a ways to go.

Tags: beta test, iGottaGuide, iTourU, Keith Petri, Kevin May, New York Tours, press kit, Tnooz, tour guides, tourism, Tours By Locals, travel technology, travel tools, Uncle Sam's Tours




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